Body mass index cutoff points for evaluation of nutritional status in Brazilian children and adolescents;Valores críticos do índice de massa corporal para classificação do estado nutricional de crianças e adolescentes Brasileiros

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 266-272

  Conde, Wolney L ^a,b   Monteiro, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitário São Camilo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; BMI; Children; Nutritional status; Reference standard

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARAMETER; STANDARD; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33747344207     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1502     Document Type: Article

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